borago

See also: Borago

Latin

Alternative forms

• borrāgō

Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو الْعَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈraː.ɡoː/, [bɔˈräːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈra.ɡo/, [boˈräːɡo]

Noun

borāgō f (genitive borāginis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Borago officinalis, borage

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	borāgō	borāginēs
Genitive	borāginis	borāginum
Dative	borāginī	borāginibus
Accusative	borāginem	borāginēs
Ablative	borāgine	borāginibus
Vocative	borāgō	borāginēs

Descendants

• Italian: borragine, borraggine
• Old French: borage
  • French: bourrache
  • → English: borage
  • → Irish: borráiste
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: borratja
    • → Spanish: borraja
• Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?], *borragẽ
  • Galician: borraxe
  • Portuguese: borragem
• → Bulgarian: пореч (poreč)
• → Middle Dutch: borage
  • Dutch: bernagie
• → Greek: μποράγο (borágo)
• → Polish: burak
  • → Belarusian: бура́к (burák)
  • → Russian: буря́к (burják)
  • → Ukrainian: буря́к (burják)
  • → Yiddish: בוריק (burik)
• → Middle Low German: boragie, borraghe
• → Middle High German: boretsch, buretsch
  • German: Boretsch
• → Slovak: borága